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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

BAD NEWS ARSENAL FANS! WILSHERE OUT OF BAYERN MATCH WITH INJURY

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is out
of Wednesday’s Uefa Champions League second round, second leg match against Bayern Munich after failing to
recover from the ankle injury he collected in the 2-1 defeat by Spurs
nine days ago.

He will be
left behind when the team flies to Bavaria today, and is not expected to
recover in time for Saturday’s vital trip to Swansea.Wilshere could miss England’s crucial World Cup qualifying double header against San Marino and Montenegro.

That puts England boss Roy Hodgson
on a collision course with Gunners manager Arsene Wenger yet again over
picking the 21-year-old for his country.

Hodgson
names his squad on Thursday, and will want Wilshere in his side after
his talismanic performance in last month’s friendly against Brazil, especially for the must-win trip to face Group H leaders Montenegro.

But
Wenger, who sent the player on a mid-season break to Dubai to aid his
recovery, will fear that he could break down on international duty and
miss his club’s critical fight to retain their Champions League status
for another season.

The
Arsenal manager was angry last month that his star player was on the
field for the full 90 minutes against Brazil at Wembley, when he
believed he had an agreement that he would not play the entire game.

He
also clashed with Hodgson in November over his selection for the squad
for a friendly against Sweden when he had only just recovered from an
injury sustained on Arsenal’s pre-season trip to America.

And
England Under 21 coach Stuart Pearce also bowed to pressure from the
Gunners to leave him out of his squad for last summer’s tournament.

Wenger has other injury problems as his side got to Munich searching for a way to overturn their 3-1 deficit from the first leg.

Defender Bacary
Sagna is out after failing to recover from a knee problem and is also a
major doubt for Saturday’s trip to The Liberty Stadium.

It might leave the Gunners no choice but to rush back Kieran Gibbs who has missed six weeks with a thigh injury.

If
the Gunners decide not to risk Gibbs, they are likely to line-up with a
back-four of Carl Jenkinson, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny and
Thomas Vermaelen, the club's only available recognised defenders for the
clash at the Allianz Arena.

However, the Gunners have been boosted by news that Bayern forward Franck Ribery will miss the second leg with an ankle injury.